Easy Seat Bike Saddle

How I Learned to Avoid Uncomfortable Bike Seats

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My favorite seat is a bit non-standard, it's an "Easy-Seat". (buy it here ).

When I bought my Trek830 in 1990, I replaced the seat with a gel-seat. The seat was uncomfortable but I figured I'd survive it. I rode with Mark on a Metric Century (100km = 66 miles) and, to be blunt, I ended up with an injury related to the bike seat.

I go to see my doctor, which is embarassing - you've got to describe the ailment to everybody who asks, etc. I tell the Dr. my tale of woe, and he says to me, "What's your seat tube angle?" and I said No way a doctor knows about seat tube angles, and he told me he'd worked his way through undergrad college in a bike shop.

This was Dr. Zimmerman, the first really great physician I've known (I've been fortunate to meet a few others since). He recommended I get an Easy-Seat and tells me if I try it, I'll probably never have this problem again. He explained that it was designed to accomodate changes to a woman's bone structure following childbirth, but I never mention that to anybody.

The Doc tells me to go home and place a yardstick along the top of my saddle, and to check if it's parallel to the ground or slightly nose-up. If it's nose-up, he says, you'll end up with a problem. I went home, it was indeed slightly nose-up, and I corrected that immediately.

I ordered an EasySeat, although it was hard to find somewhere to buy them. It seems like mainstream bicycle people (shops, riders) tend to look down on these seats as "not serious". They are mistaken.

When I rode on this seat, it was like the heavens parted and the angels sang. I don't know why anybody rides on a traditional saddle, and I think that if all the people who stopped riding because it was uncomfortable would try one of these, we'd have more people riding bikes.

I've bought 3 of them, one for my road bike, one for my mountain bike, and one in case the company ever goes out of business. I've put 14 years on one of them, and 10 years on another, and they've lasted better than I thought they would. Rusty and Killer have both bought one of these, and they're pleased with them.

The only downside, compared to a traditional seat, is the normal saddles are fixed and stable, while the EasySeat flexes and really doesn't offer a stable platform. The only impact of this is: with an EasySeat it's extremely difficult to take your hands off the bars and pedal no-hands. Other than that, this is a remarkable bike seat.